diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index dbd9d3c991e86ca61e16fff87047bd6956b21420..9cf59816d3e95a3ba0b02ad00894cc21f6d9042a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@ config RELOCATABLE
 	  must live at a different physical address than the primary
 	  kernel.
 
+# This value must have zeroes in the bottom 60 bits otherwise lots will break
 config PAGE_OFFSET
 	hex
 	default "0xc000000000000000"
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
index 988c812aab5b15c3c3dc5698dc935376d0243192..b9f426212d3ab3afff006938089cf609fe3c785a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -211,9 +211,19 @@ extern long long virt_phys_offset;
 #define __va(x) ((void *)(unsigned long)((phys_addr_t)(x) + VIRT_PHYS_OFFSET))
 #define __pa(x) ((unsigned long)(x) - VIRT_PHYS_OFFSET)
 #else
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+/*
+ * gcc miscompiles (unsigned long)(&static_var) - PAGE_OFFSET
+ * with -mcmodel=medium, so we use & and | instead of - and + on 64-bit.
+ */
+#define __va(x) ((void *)(unsigned long)((phys_addr_t)(x) | PAGE_OFFSET))
+#define __pa(x) ((unsigned long)(x) & 0x0fffffffffffffffUL)
+
+#else /* 32-bit, non book E */
 #define __va(x) ((void *)(unsigned long)((phys_addr_t)(x) + PAGE_OFFSET - MEMORY_START))
 #define __pa(x) ((unsigned long)(x) - PAGE_OFFSET + MEMORY_START)
 #endif
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Unfortunately the PLT is in the BSS in the PPC32 ELF ABI,